TV journalists suspended for wearing Afro-like wigs on air

The Afro incident introduced additional scrutiny to the information station. After the on-air show, Dorothy Tucker, president of the Nationwide Affiliation of Black Journalists, famous the station employs greater than 40 folks, solely eight of whom are Black. That’s lower than 20 p.c of workers in a metropolis with a inhabitants that’s 42 p.c Black. And, she informed The Submit, all of the managers at KATV are White, one thing Seabers confirmed.